Motorcycle People

[MWes11]

Anyone have them? Collect? Know anything about antique bikes? Never owned, or even been on one, but I collect everything and anything that interests me around WWII and before. Anyone have any knowledge on the motorcycle below?

1946 BMW 46-M72 Police Motorcycle w/ Side Car

 

[DSmith21]

Yours is missing the machine gun (just kidding). It appears that your model is heavily based on the BMW R75 which was produced from 1939 until the end of the war.

 

[AustinTXCat]

Anyone have them? Collect? Know anything about antique bikes? Never owned, or even been on one, but I collect everything and anything that interests me around WWII and before. Anyone have any knowledge on the motorcycle below?

1946 BMW 46-M72 Police Motorcycle w/ Side Car

Know a little bit.

Check the serial numbers. Bike production ceased in 1944 because the Eisenach factory was bombed out. In 1946, Soviets restarted production and enabled a run of 98 bikes. Odds are this is not an authentic BMW, but rather a Soviet rebuild from spare parts.

Edit: Also possible it's an M-72 Soviet manufactured bike. Dnepr M-72.

 

[TortElvisII]

That's how your hardcore commie works ...faking motorcycles.

 

[Chuckinden]

 

[UKserialkiller]

Anyone have them? Collect? Know anything about antique bikes? Never owned, or even been on one, but I collect everything and anything that interests me around WWII and before. Anyone have any knowledge on the motorcycle below?

1946 BMW 46-M72 Police Motorcycle w/ Side Car

I collect bikes. I have about 15 different ones that I've picked up over the years

 

[420grover]

If it's got 2 wheels and an engine, I like it. Even the ugly ones.

 

[Free_Salato_Blue]

Fork up $100,000 for a versatile Kettenkrad.